This week’s American Whiskey Convention at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park featured an air of generational change. At one end, legendary master distiller Jimmy Russell of… Read More
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Episode 610: October 9, 2016
Japanese whiskies have become harder to find as worldwide demand grows for them, but books about them are even harder to find. Longtime whisky writer Dominic… Read More
Bourbon Hall of Famer Rutledge Starts Crowdfunding Campaign for New Distillery
April 28, 2016 – When Jim Rutledge retired from Kentucky’s Four Roses Distillery last September after 49 years, most industry observers expected him to do… Read More
Episode 582: March 26, 2016
You’ll see a lot of businesses with the “& Son” as part of the name, but rarely do we see businesses with “& Daughter” –… Read More
Chef Michael Symon’s Knob Creek Mint Ginger Old Fashioned
March 13, 2016 – Chef Michael Symon created this variation on the classic Old Fashioned cocktail for St. Patrick’s Day using Knob Creek Rye. 1… Read More
Episode 578: February 28, 2016
There’s been a lot of attention paid recently to women working in the whisky industry, but when Allisa Henley was promoted to Head Distiller at Tennessee’s… Read More
Episode 576: February 14, 2016
With oil prices in the doldrums, stocks sagging, and other forms of investments losing value, a number of investors are turning to rare whiskies as… Read More
Episode 560: October 31, 2015
Popular, yet controversial in many ways, WhistlePig Farm’s distillery has finally opened after a series of lengthy delays and disputes. Founder Raj Peter Bhakta spent… Read More
Naren Young’s Chamomile Old Fashioned
October 20, 2015 – Naren Young is a mixologist at New York’s Caffe Dante, and created this take on the classic Old Fashioned. Thanks to… Read More
The Clover Club’s New York Sour
October 20, 2015 – Wild Turkey shared this recipe for the New York Sour created by Tom Macy at Brooklyn’s Clover Club, a new take… Read More
Upland’s Golden Rye & Kentucky Sunset
October 20, 2015 – Wild Turkey’s Eddie Russell has been collecting cocktail recipes using Wild Turkey and Russell’s Reserve Ryes from some of New York… Read More
What’s In a Name? A Potential Controversy…
October 5, 2015 – In Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare asked the immortal question: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any… Read More